New Deadlift Platform

dan_g_28 · 11-04-2009, 07:37 PM

Just built myself a new deadlift platform today and thought I'd share a couple pictures. It turned out real nice, I'm happy with it. I made it out of 3/4 inch osb. Should have went with plywood but it was more than twice the money. So we will see how it holds up. The rubber is 3/4 inch horsestall mat. It came in a 4X6 foot sheet and I just cut it to size. So far so good!

bigbeezy · 11-04-2009, 07:46 PM

dam dude, that is nice, good job, does it feel different standing on wood while deadlifting than the typical rubber flooring?

dan_g_28 · 11-04-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbeezy

dam dude, that is nice, good job, does it feel different standing on wood while deadlifting than the typical rubber flooring?

Thanks man. It feels good standing on the plywood. Its triple layered in the middle and feels real dense, no give at all. So its a nice feel when I'm pulling. I work out in my barn so I just wanted to build something so I didn't have to pull from concrete and worry about dropping it gently.

Torrtrefireto · 11-04-2009, 08:07 PM

Great job man looks awesome. How long'd it take overall? and what was the total cost?

dan_g_28 · 11-04-2009, 08:11 PM

It only took me about an hour to make. Just used a circular saw to cut the wood and the rubber (tore up the blade tho), a drill, liquid nails, and a bunch of srews. Total cost was about 70 bucks. Mat was $37 and the OSB was $11 a piece and I bought 3 sheets. Super easy to do and so far its great!

Torrtrefireto · 11-04-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dan_g_28

It only took me about an hour to make. Just used a circular saw to cut the wood and the rubber (tore up the blade tho), a drill, liquid nails, and a bunch of srews. Total cost was about 70 bucks. Mat was $37 and the OSB was $11 a piece and I bought 3 sheets. Super easy to do and so far its great!

Awesome man! Someday I'm hoping to make a thread about do it yourself equipment. Probably the ones that are somewhat safe to make, obviously trying to make your own bar would be stupid but deadlift jacks chalk bowls stuff like that.

A chalk bowl will probably be my first project as it probably would cost 10$ to make and they are 150 to buy. I need one for when I get my own warehouse/fieldhouse/barn/garage/baseement gym in a few years ya dig?

dan_g_28 · 11-04-2009, 08:20 PM

I hear ya! I'm slowly settin up my home gym right now. Getting a power rack soon and the rest I will make/slowly accumulate. I was gonna work on a deadlift jack next! If I get one goin ill post a step by step process.

Retardo-pex · 11-05-2009, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by dan_g_28

I hear ya! I'm slowly settin up my home gym right now. Getting a power rack soon and the rest I will make/slowly accumulate. I was gonna work on a deadlift jack next! If I get one goin ill post a step by step process.

If you are buying a full rack I recommend saving up and getting a nice one. I started to make a home gym in high school, Got a combo bench that was about 2 inches higher off the floor then your average bench with rickety j hooks to hold the bar and a squat rack by the same company that seems stable enough but the pins holding the bar tend to slide out when you take the bar off of them, and the dimensions of the cage are pretty clostraphobic, only really allowing .5-1 step back from the pins.

Don't be cheap like me, get a nice squat cage with a pullup bar on it. An idea for another somewhat easy do it yourself project might be those triangular shaped weight rack tress.